Re: ADA compiler on Mac?

[evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr)]

In article <3816bn$n23@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu>, dewar@cs.nyu.edu
(Robert Dewar) wrote:

> I would also suggest that people who want Ada on the MAC also make
> sure that Apple knows about it. After all, consider Art's threat to
> move to another platform, that doesn't mean much to Rational, indeed
> perhaps it would be convenient for them if he switches platforms, but
> it sure means something to Apple. THe more people who let Apple know
> they need Ada, the better.

Yes, good idea!  But, how best to do this?  Apple's such a big
organization that it's hard to see how to influence it.

Apple, like most hardware vendors, produces little of the software that
runs on the Mac.  Now they even seem to be getting out of software
development, as MPW seems not to be moving towards PowerPC.  I think
that Apple is perfectly happy to let CodeWarrior from Metrowerks take
over this segment of the market.  So, it seems to me that the best
leverage for us is to push on MetroWerks to provide Ada support.  They
support C, C++ and Pascal; why not Ada 94 too?

If you think MPW is the way to go, push on APDA, the part of Apple that
sells products to software developers.  I called them and asked about
Ada support; they never heard of it.  Or push on Symantec, which sells
several products for C, C++ and Pascal.

Other suggestions?

Art Evans

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